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File Locksmith fails to recognize process locking files, but Windows 10 names the application that has the lock #21896

Open git-kirincat opened 1 year ago

git-kirincat commented 1 year ago

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.64.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

File Locksmith

Steps to reproduce

in the system temp find a file locked by Dropbox (might happen with other apps too) right click and choose the "Who's using this file?' option. The pop-up window lists the file name and says 'No Results'. If you try to delete the windows pop-up clearly states that the file is locked by Dropbox. If Windows can see the name, PowerToys should also be able to.

✔️ Expected Behavior

PowerToys should be able to see the application name if Windows 10 can identify it.

❌ Actual Behavior

'No Results' via PowerToys, while app is easily identified by Windows 10 in its error box. 2022-11-08 21_07_05-File Locksmith

Other Software

No response

htcfreek commented 1 year ago

Can you please restart the app elevated (as administrator). This should fix your problem.

jaimecbernardo commented 1 year ago

/needinfo

git-kirincat commented 1 year ago

PowerToys was running as admin when the 0.64.0 and 0.64.1 updates were applied, but apparently the File Locksmith app does not install/launch with those permissions when auto update is applied. So clearly there is an issue with the auto update. After a reboot things work properly, however no 'reboot needed' notice is given and File Locksmith did not inherit the correct start permissions when installed and initially launched.

ggirard07 commented 1 year ago

Same issue here with something as simple as an archive opened in 7zip.

Tried to run locksmith as administrator from built-in button in locksmith UI. Also tried to restart powertoys as administrator then re-ran locksmith but no changes.

cat38275 commented 1 year ago

Seeing the same issue under Windows 10 Pro, version 22H2, OS build 19045.2728, PowerToys version 0.67.1

The problem file is:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_c808f672\privateregistry.bin

The default profile settings (registry) file for Visual Studio 2017, which was just closed, in case it matters.

File Locksmith says no results. Pressing the the "Restart as administrator" button in the top right corner of the File Locksmith window makes no difference, still no results. The Windows delete "File In Use" error message says the file is open in "System".

Not sure if File Locksmith should detect system, but it should report that the file is in use. Maybe make the restart as administrator option a bit more obvious as well, when no results are found, if this is a common reason for no results.

Same behaviour in PowerToys 0.68.1, latest version at this time.